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Local Impact Report Submission Version 2 FINAL A14 Cambridge To Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – Joint Local Impact Report – Submission to PINS v.2 A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme Joint Local Impact Report Cambridgeshire County Council Huntingdonshire District Council South Cambridgeshire District Council Cambridge City Council Submission Version 2 1 A14 Cambridge To Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – Joint Local Impact Report – Submission to PINS v.2 Contents 1. Introduction to the Report and Terms of Reference ...................................................................... 3 2. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1. Description of the proposals ........................................................................................................... 4 2.2. The Existing Characteristics ............................................................................................................. 4 2.3. Compliance with local plans and policies ........................................................................................ 6 2.4. Traffic and Transport patterns ........................................................................................................ 6 2.5. Local Impacts ................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Context .......................................................................................................................................... 12 4. Policy Context ............................................................................................................................... 17 5. Local Growth and Development – development proposals not commenced or completed ...... 26 6. Existing Local Area Characteristics ................................................................................................ 32 7. Local Transport Patterns and Issues ............................................................................................. 63 8. Impact of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement scheme on local traffic .................. 67 9. Local Impacts................................................................................................................................. 96 9.1. Landscape and Visual Impact ........................................................................................................ 96 9.2. Cultural Heritage ......................................................................................................................... 106 9.3. Ecology ........................................................................................................................................ 112 9.4. Noise and vibration ..................................................................................................................... 117 9.5. Air Quality.................................................................................................................................... 131 9.6. Economy ...................................................................................................................................... 137 9.7. Pedestrians, Cyclists and Equestrian travellers ........................................................................... 144 9.8. Flooding and Water ..................................................................................................................... 149 9.9. Minerals and Waste .................................................................................................................... 151 10. Social and Community matters ................................................................................................... 154 11. Legacy .......................................................................................................................................... 157 2 A14 Cambridge To Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – Joint Local Impact Report – Submission to PINS v.2 1. Introduction to the Report and Terms of Reference 1.1. This Local Impact Report (LIR) has been jointly prepared by four local authorities; Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council. This LIR forms part of the local authorities’ responses to the Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme. 1.2. The LIR is defined in section 60(3) of the Planning Act 2008 as ‘a report in writing giving details of the likely impact of the proposed development on the authority’s area (or any part of that area)’. 1.3. This LIR contains a section on the existing characteristics of the local area on which the scheme impacts. This identifies the local urban and landscape qualities, cultural heritage, ecology, minerals and waste sites, the environment for pedestrians, cyclists and equestrian travellers, watercourses and the air quality and noise environment. The report also provides an assessment and considers compliance of the scheme against the local plans and policies and details the history and development of the scheme. 1.4. Section 7 identifies the existing transport movements and routes in the area of the scheme. The ‘Local Impacts’ section contains an assessment of positive, negative impacts, during construction and operation of the scheme, as well as areas where there are missed opportunities for the Applicant to contribute to improving the local area through the scheme. 1.5. The following terms used throughout the document are explained here: ‘The local authorities’ – Cambridgeshire County Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridge City Council. ‘Applicant’ –Highways England ‘Development Consent Order’ – Legal order related to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme ‘Environmental Statement’ – The Environmental Statement produced by Highways England and submitted to support the Development Consent Order application on 31 December 2014. ‘Construction’ – Phase commencing in 2016 until 2020. ‘Operation’- Phase commencing after construction, post 2020. 3 A14 Cambridge To Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – Joint Local Impact Report – Submission to PINS v.2 2. Executive Summary 2.1. Description of the proposals 2.1.1. The scheme includes proposals that seek to meet the objectives set out in plan: - A bypass to the south of Huntingdon and Godmanchester - Carriageway widening on the existing A14 between Swavesey and Girton and improvements to the Cambridge Northern Bypass - Junction improvements and the widening of the A1 trunk road between Brampton and Alconbury and new local access roads - De-trunking of the existing A14 just west of Brampton Hut to and Swavesey - Removal of the road viaduct over the East Coast mainline at Huntingdon - Changes to the local road connections in Huntingdon town centre 2.2. The Existing Characteristics 2.2.1. The landscape in the scheme area is made up of agricultural farmland, natural features such as the river Great Ouse and Brampton Wood, the A1, A14 and East Coast Mainline, the market towns of Huntingdon and Godmanchester, surrounding villages and other residential areas and settlements, commercial business parks and recreational sites such as Hinchingbrooke Country Park, Fenstanton Lakes, Buckden Gravel Pits County Wildlife Site and Milton Country Park. 2.2.2. The largest settlements are Huntingdon to the west and Cambridge to the east. Between these urban areas lie numerous settlements including, the Hemingfords, Swavesey, Fenstanton, Fen Drayton, Longstanton, Oakington, Girton, Histon and Impington and Milton, all north of the A14, with Hilton, Conington , Boxworth, Lolworth, Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, Madingley, Girton and Orchard Park all south of the existing A14. South of Huntingdon lie the settlements of the Offords, Buckden, Brampton and Godmanchester. 2.2.3. In terms of cultural heritage the Earthwork on Mill Common, Huntingdon and Huntingdon Castle are both known archaeological assets classified as Scheduled Monuments. There are several important historic buildings through the scheme area including Huntingdon Station, Huntingdon Bridge, All Saints Church, Lolworth as well as two conservation areas in Godmanchester 1. 1 Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (CHER), Cambridgeshire County Council (2014) 4 A14 Cambridge To Huntingdon Improvement Scheme – Joint Local Impact Report – Submission to PINS v.2 2.2.4. The ecological assets of the area include Sites of Special Scientific Interest at Brampton (Brampton Meadow, Brampton Wood and Brampton Racecourse) Madingley Wood, Portholme, St Neots Common and Paxton Pits. The Ouse Washes is considered a wetlands site of international importance (RAMSAR). In addition to the statutory designated sites there are County Wildlife Sites at Buckden Gravel Pits, Fenstanton Pit, along the River Great Ouse and at Fen Drayton Gravel Pits among others 2. In terms of species the White spotted pinion moth, the common toad and Cetti’s warbler are section 41 listed species present in the local area 3, while the cuckoo is also a species of County Value with habitat in the scheme area. 2.2.5. In terms of the existing noise environment there are approximately 28 areas along the A14 corridor which have been classified as ‘Important Areas’ by the Department for Environment, Farming and rural Affairs (Defra) on account of the existing noise environment 4. These areas are at Alconbury, Brampton, Huntingdon, Godmanchester, Hemingford Abbot, Fenstanton, Swavesey,
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